Spawn+of+fishes

  • 11Fry — Fry, n. [OE. fri, fry, seed, descendants, cf. OF. froye spawning, spawn of. fishes, little fishes, fr. L. fricare tosub (see {Friction}), but cf. also Icel. fr[ae], frj[=o], seed, Sw. & Dan. fr[ o], Goth. fraiw seed, descendants.] [1913 Webster]… …

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  • 12roe — n. 1. Roebuck (Capreolus Caprooe). 2. Spawn of fishes, sperm of fishes …

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  • 13Roe — Roe, n. [For roan, OE. rowne, akin to G. rogen, OHG. rogan, Icel. hrogn, Dan. rogn, ravn, Sw. rom; of uncertain origin; cf. Gr. ??? pebble, Skr. ?arkar[=a] gravel.] 1. (Zo[ o]l.) The ova or spawn of fishes and amphibians, especially when still… …

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  • 14Atra-Hasis — The 18th century BCE Akkadian Atra Hasis epic, named after its human hero, [Atra Hasis exceedingly wise appears on one of the Sumerian king lists as king of Shuruppak in the times before the flood. Stephanie Dalley (Dalley, ed. and trans. Myths… …

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  • 15Gilgamesh flood myth — The Gilgamesh flood myth is a deluge story in the Epic of Gilgamesh . It was added as Tablet XI to the ten original tablets of the Gilgamesh Epic by an editor who copied or altered parts of the flood story from the Epic of Atrahasis. [ Tigay… …

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  • 16Notropis Hudsonius — Spawn Spawn, n. [[root]170. See {Spawn}, v. t.] 1. The ova, or eggs, of fishes, oysters, and other aquatic animals. [1913 Webster] 2. Any product or offspring; used contemptuously. [1913 Webster] 3. (Hort.) The buds or branches produced from… …

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  • 17Spawned — Spawn Spawn, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Spawned}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Spawning}.] [OE. spanen, OF. espandre, properly, to shed, spread, L. expandere to spread out. See {Expand}.] 1. To produce or deposit (eggs), as fishes or frogs do. [1913 Webster] 2. To …

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  • 18Spawning — Spawn Spawn, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Spawned}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Spawning}.] [OE. spanen, OF. espandre, properly, to shed, spread, L. expandere to spread out. See {Expand}.] 1. To produce or deposit (eggs), as fishes or frogs do. [1913 Webster] 2. To …

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  • 19clupeiform — ▪ fish Introduction       any member of the superorder Clupeomorpha, a group of bony fishes (bony fish) with one living order, the Clupeiformes, that contains some of the world s most numerous and economically important fishes (fish). The order… …

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  • 20migration — migrational, adj. /muy gray sheuhn/, n. 1. the process or act of migrating. 2. a migratory movement: preparations for the migration. 3. a number or body of persons or animals migrating together. 4. Chem. a movement or change of position of atoms… …

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